Explore every episode of the podcast The Plotting Shed
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Brilliantly simple design tips for gardens that are on a slope | 24 Nov 2023 | 00:19:06 | |
What to do if your garden is on a slope, whether its and upslope or downslope, gardens don't have to be made flatter to become better! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Front Gardens - are not a small version of the back garden | 17 Nov 2023 | 00:18:01 | |
Front Gardens are so important, yet are often left as uninspiring gardens. But the front garden is what you and your visitors walk past to get to the front door - so the garden should say something about you! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| What's wrong with Orange! | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:15:15 | |
Absolutely one of the best colour combinations in a garden is green .... and orange! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Oh no - It's almost Hanging Basket Season! | 03 May 2019 | 00:07:33 | |
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| How to Design your Garden if its a Narrow Space or Courtyard | 29 Apr 2019 | 00:05:35 | |
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| The Problem with Show Gardens..... | 26 Apr 2019 | 00:05:22 | |
Show Gardens are amazing - but don't forget they are just that a show. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Don't Plant a Problem - Beware of Grasses! | 22 Apr 2019 | 00:02:11 | |
A bit of 2 minute Soapbox moment, but we always look to make gardening easier, we want people to have gardens they can easily look after. So it really get's our goat when plant labels don't give real advice - like "don't plant upwind of a path or patio" for example. A simple sentence on the plant label would enable you to make sure you don't plant a problem! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Are Growers and Garden Centres really buying into sustainable gardening? | 18 Apr 2019 | 00:06:57 | |
Gardeners are changing, a neat manicured bug free garden is now seen as one that is out of touch, creating gardens that are both beautiful but bee friendly are most definitely in. But is the horticultural industry really buying into this new trend? Garden Centres seem to be filled more and more with plants that are forced into flower, they are stacked to the rafters with massed displays of bedding plants or row upon row of hanging basket.they seem to have become more like supermarkets - so is the horticulture industry good for the planet? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Garden Paths - all you ever wanted to know! | 15 Apr 2019 | 00:03:56 | |
How's about this, a podcast on garden paths.... but we all need them so we thought they were worth talking about. So you can read about how to make low maintenance garden paths Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to Deal with Plants that won't Behave! | 12 Apr 2019 | 00:04:02 | |
Why do some plants grow so fast and others want to take over the world! - read more at PlantPlots.com Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to Design a Garden if it's all just Weeds | 05 Apr 2019 | 00:12:07 | |
Where do you start when faced with an overgrown weed patch - it can seem a bit daunting. but you can start to turn this eyesore into a workable garden... and here's how. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to make your garden feel bigger - when it's not! | 01 Apr 2019 | 00:11:38 | |
Garden Design is all about making the best of the space you have. But what if you haven't got much space in the first place. Well then we have to use a couple of simple design tricks to make the garden feel a bit bigger than it is... Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Low Maintenance Gardening - How to get your garden right from the start | 25 Mar 2019 | 00:07:00 | |
Read more at PlantPlots.com or you can watch out little short YouTube video....on what a low maintenance garden actually is. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Gardening's going 'Up the Wall' | 30 Jun 2023 | 00:19:58 | |
If space in the garden is limited, vertical gardening is a must, but how can you get it 'right'? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Why tidying the garden in Spring is not the best idea! | 18 Mar 2019 | 00:13:59 | |
We all want our garden to get get back looking it's best - but is a tidy garden really the best idea? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| A lazy gardeners guide to getting your garden ready this spring | 15 Mar 2019 | 00:12:58 | |
4 simple quick and easy ways to start getting your garden back on track after the winter. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Inside the Mind of a Garden Design | 12 Mar 2019 | 00:17:18 | |
How do we go about redesigning a garden, what's the thought process used? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to Design your Garden if it's a Small City Garden | 11 Mar 2019 | 00:08:18 | |
Read more about designing really small gardens at PlantPlots.com Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How your Garden can help Save the World | 08 Mar 2019 | 00:02:57 | |
Where do plants get grown these days and can your plant buying habits be contributing to the warming of our planets atmosphere. The answer may just surprise you... Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to design a Small Garden - what plants really work? | 04 Mar 2019 | 00:03:36 | |
Read more on our series 'How to Design a Garden if...' at PlantPlots.com Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Hedgehogs and why you need one | 01 Mar 2019 | 00:02:20 | |
Have a Heart - Have a Hedgehog Hole! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Here's something you didn't know about Mushrooms | 25 Feb 2019 | 00:02:05 | |
How the humble button mushroom can help save the world..... but it needs a few cyanobacteria a bit of graphene and a couple of nanocircuits..... Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Banish Boring Borders! | 22 Feb 2019 | 00:04:22 | |
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| Hide an Ugly View in your Garden - Garden Design Tips | 18 Feb 2019 | 00:07:14 | |
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| Are your garden boundaries barriers? | 23 Jun 2023 | 00:20:52 | |
All gardens have boundaries, but these can often feel like barriers. Personal security is an issue, but if your boundary becomes a barrier, you will always lose more than you gain. So what makes a boundary a barrier and how can you blur the edges in your garden? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How good does your garden taste? | 15 Feb 2019 | 00:04:22 | |
Did you know butterflies taste with their feet - so what would a butterfly think of your garden.... feast or famine? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Rose are Red & Violets are Blue... but is this really true | 11 Feb 2019 | 00:01:36 | |
Craig Burrows Photography Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| We need more Hedges, so please don't plant a fence! | 08 Feb 2019 | 00:02:07 | |
Hedges are much better than fences - better for the planet, better for wildlife, they make better screens and windbreaks and they look better than a fence.... Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Why do my Indoor plants keep on dying! | 04 Feb 2019 | 00:13:43 | |
Read more at PlantPlots.com Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| This is what 'greening' our cities really need to be like! | 01 Feb 2019 | 00:02:07 | |
Read the CNN article - and why not share it with your local town planning office! #amdoingmybit Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| 10 Golden Gardening Rules for absolute beginners! | 28 Jan 2019 | 00:09:08 | |
Watch the video on our YouTube channel Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Bedding Plants - The 'Single Use Plastic Bag' of the Horticulture Industry | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:07:23 | |
Little changes collectively make massive differences. Avoiding buying bedding plants will help us help the planet. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| It's Time to Let the Bees Win! | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:10:00 | |
Humans have messed up - we've fiddled about with plants in an attempt to 'improve' them - but improve them for who? And then we issues industry 'gong's and awards for creating these messed up plants! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Trees Talk to Each Other - no really it's true! | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:02:24 | |
And you thought Avatar was just a CGI movie....no, it may surprise you to know that 'Avatar' exists in every wood or forest on Earth..... so let's stop digging them up to make 'consumer goods'. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Popeye was right about Spinach.... | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:01:29 | |
A few amazing properties of the humble spinach leaf - it might just save your heart! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Trend-setting ideas for 2023 | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:21:02 | |
How to Become a Plotting Shed Pioneer. This week Rachel challenges you to rethink your gardens, made simple changes to your gardening habits and set the trends for everyone else to follow. The aim; to do less but enjoy more (and be good for the planet too) Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Why Creating Robot Bees is a Really Dumb Idea! | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:02:46 | |
Mother Nature spent millions of years perfecting the design of insects so that they can pollinate - but Humans seem to think we can do better - we can't! Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Who are Flowers For? | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:06:34 | |
You can help save the world by thinking just a little more about the types of plants in your garden. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| What Flavour is your Soil (Dirt)? | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:08:31 | |
Soil is the breadbasket of your garden - so what do you need to know about your soil/dirt so that you can put the plants in your garden that will be happiest growing there. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Want your Garden to really Perform - here's how you can | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:07:19 | |
How to create a garden border that will perform for you. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Why do my Plants Keep Flopping Over? | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:06:25 | |
If your garden borders just aren't looking their best and at the first sign of the wind blowing or after the rain, your plants just 'give up the ghost' and lie down on the ground...what can you do about it? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to Choose Plants for your Garden | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:03:02 | |
Ever popped out to the Garden Centre and come home with a plant that you then don't know where to plant? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Bee Responsible Gardeners | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:06:08 | |
Let's assume humans are responsible for the declining bee population (although many would say there is no direct evidence to prove this... as big business would argue) so let's just assume we are. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Make Your Garden Easier to look After | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:10:25 | |
How to identify the parts of your garden that create lots of unnecessary work and what can you do to lessen the work. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| The Plotting Shed - PlantPlots; who are we and what are we here to say | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:19:50 | |
Who and what on earth is PlantPlots & what is our podcast The Plotting Shed all about? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| How to Not Let your Garden Become a Chore | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:08:09 | |
As part of our series on creating gardens that don't create unnecessary work for you - Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Transform your idea of a garden layout - go reverse! | 09 Jun 2023 | 00:11:59 | |
Most if not all garden design is based around a similar format, we create space in the middle of the garden and plant round the edges - but does this make for the best and most interesting gardens? Or are we simply creating an empty space in the middle that we don't really use? Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| A Newbies Guide to the most Essential Garden Equipment | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:06:41 | |
Gardening can be expensive, especially at the beginning. This little podcast runs through the most essential tools you really need to get - so you don't waste money buying expensive (but unnecessary) garden gadgets. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Get Your Garden back on Track | 16 Jan 2019 | 00:11:59 | |
OK, in the 'Battle of the Garden' the current score is Your Garden 10: 0 You. Support the Show - Thank you | |||
| Become a garden referee - you'll be happier if you do! | 02 Jun 2023 | 00:22:28 | |
OK, what's a garden referee? Well, it's all about your relationship with your garden and how a few simple changes to your perception of gardening can transform your relationship with your garden. Allowing you to enjoy more but do less. Support the Show - Thank you | |||